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5 things to know tonight: Ole Miss ex-student pleads guilty to tying noose on statue

Former University of Mississippi student Austin Reed Edenfield leaves federal court Thursday, March 24, 2016, after pleading guilty to placing a noose on the school's statue of its first black student, in Oxford, Miss. Edenfield waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge before U.S. District Judge Michael Mills. The charge says Edenfield helped others threaten force to intimidate African-American students and employees at the university. Edenfield will be sentenced on July 21 and faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine. The government has recommended probation. (Bruce Newman/Oxford Eagle via AP)
Former University of Mississippi student Austin Reed Edenfield leaves federal court Thursday, March 24, 2016, after pleading guilty to placing a noose on the school's statue of its first black student, in Oxford, Miss. Edenfield waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge before U.S. District Judge Michael Mills. The charge says Edenfield helped others threaten force to intimidate African-American students and employees at the university. Edenfield will be sentenced on July 21 and faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine. The government has recommended probation. (Bruce Newman/Oxford Eagle via AP)
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March 24, 2016

1. Ole Miss ex-student pleads guilty to tying noose on statue. A former University of Mississippi student could face up to a year in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to placing a noose on the school's statue of its first black student. [Read more]

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